Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is the second most common cause of cognitive impairment
and dementia in aged population. CVD presents in a myriad number of clinical ways based …

Inflammation and angiogenesis play major roles in carotid plaque vulnerability. The purpose
of this study was to determine whether gray-scale features of carotid plaques are associated …

Atherosclerosis is a widespread disease that accounts for nearly 3-quarters of deaths due to
cardiovascular disease. Ultrasound elastography might be able to reliably identify …

OBJECTIVE. Vulnerable and nonvulnerable carotid artery plaques have different tissue
morphology and composition that may affect plaque biomechanics. The objective of this …

OBJECTIVE This article describes the use of ultrasound measurements of physical strain
within carotid atherosclerotic plaques as a measure of instability and the potential for …

We assessed cognitive function of female rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and analyze the
determinants, with special focus on cerebrovascular morphology. Sixty methotrexate (MTX-) …

Abstract Background Life's Simple 7, a lifestyle and cardiovascular index associated with
cognition, has been updated to Life's Essential 8 (LE8) to include sleep. LE8 has been …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate ultrasound elastography and
echogenicity analysis to discriminate between carotid plaques in patients with symptomatic …

Vascular cognitive decline may be caused by micro-emboli generated by carotid plaque
instability. We previously found that maximum strain indices in carotid plaque were …

The aims of this study were to quantify the textural information of strain rate images in
ultrasound carotid elastography and evaluate the feasibility of using the textural features in …